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France: Moammar Gadhafi Wants Out of Libya
 France: Gadhafi Wants Out 
Jul 12, 2011 8:38 AM CDT

France: Gadhafi Wants Out

France confirms that it's had contact from Libyan 'emmisaries'

(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi indeed wants out of Libya—so say his emissaries, so says France. “Emissaries are telling us Gadhafi is ready to go, let’s talk about it,” said French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, according to Reuters . “The question is no longer about whether Gadhafi goes, but...

French Cops Quiz DSK Accuser
 French Cops Quiz DSK Accuser 
Jul 12, 2011 2:00 AM CDT

French Cops Quiz DSK Accuser

More trouble looms for Dominique Strauss-Kahn?

(Newser) - Legal troubles for accused sex attacker Dominique Strauss-Kahn may be just beginning. French police are questioning the writer in France who is suing Strauss-Kahn for attempted rape. The interview will help investigators determine if there's enough evidence to go ahead with a full-scale French criminal case against the former...

Gadhafi Son: France 'in Talks' With Dad

France urges rebels to negotiate with regime

(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi’s regime is in talks with France, or so says one of Gadhafi’s sons in a newspaper interview. “The truth is that we are negotiating with France and not with the rebels,” Seif al-Islam told an Algerian paper. But France rejects the claim, al-Jazeera reports....

Paris Prosecutors Probe DSK Rape Accusation

French authorities giving accusation against DSK official interest

(Newser) - The Paris prosecutor's office said today it has opened a preliminary investigation into accusations by a French writer that Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her. Novelist and journalist Tristane Banon filed a criminal complaint this week saying that Strauss-Kahn attacked her in an empty apartment in 2003 during an...

'Only Flaw' in Maid's DSK Accusation Was Aftermath

Case not so full of holes after all, Times reports

(Newser) - Perhaps the French shouldn't start popping their corks just yet for Dominique Strauss-Kahn. It turns out the hotel maid's account of a sexual assault by the former head of the IMF was very convincing, and the only inconsistencies in her story concerned what happened afterward, reports the New ...

Half of French Want DSK Comeback
 Half of French 
 Want DSK Comeback  
POLL SAYS
Jul 3, 2011 9:03 AM CDT

Half of French Want DSK Comeback

49% want him back in politics, 45% don't in new poll

(Newser) - A new poll indicates that French people are divided over whether Dominique Strauss-Kahn should re-enter French politics after the weakening of the sexual assault case against the former International Monetary Fund chief. Forty-nine percent of those surveyed in the Harris Interactive poll for French newspaper Le Parisien responded "yes"...

France Bans Fracking; New York Set to Un-Ban It

Controversial process extracts natural gas from ground

(Newser) - France became the first country to ban fracking yesterday—even as reports surfaced that New York was about to lift its de facto moratorium on the controversial practice of extracting natural gas from the earth. The French vote split along party lines, but the opposition largely came from the Socialist...

As Case Implodes, Strauss-Kahn Allies Eye Presidency

Turnaround in case shakes up French politics

(Newser) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn's old job has been filled, but supporters waking to the news that the sexual assault case against him is collapsing have a new one in mind for him: president of France. Before his arrest, the former IMF chief was considered a leading contender to unseat Nicolas Sarkozy...

Latest Culprit in E. coli Crisis: Egyptian Seeds

And contaminated ones may still be out there: officials

(Newser) - A new culprit has emerged in the deadliest E. coli outbreak in recorded history: Egyptian fenugreek seeds. Experts had already tracked the crisis to sprouts ; now, “tracing back is progressing and has thus far shown that fenugreek seeds imported from Egypt either in 2009 and/or 2010 are implicated” in...

Assailant Grabs Sarkozy, Gets Tackled

Unnamed Frenchman remains under questioning

(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy got a little roughed up today while shaking hands in southwest France. A man grabbed Sarkozy roughly by the shoulder as the French president made a public appearance in Brax, reports the AP . Security quickly tackled the man, identified only as a 32-year-old. He wasn't armed and...

France Admits Arming Libyans
 France Admits Arming Libyans 
Jun 30, 2011 6:55 AM CDT

France Admits Arming Libyans

Help for rebels technically violates UN arms embargo

(Newser) - France has violated the UN arms embargo on Libya to drop assault rifles over the Nafusa Mountains southwest of Tripoli, the country acknowledged last night. A French military spokesman said they’d provided “light arms such as assault rifles” to civilian communities so they could “protect themselves against...

Taliban Releases Kidnapped French Journalists

Osama bin Laden believed to have personally threatened to kill them

(Newser) - Taliban militants today released a pair of French journalists they’ve been holding for 547 days. Hervé Ghesquière and Stéphan Taponier were nabbed along with three Afghans back in December 2009, France 24 reports. The interpreter has also been released, but there’s no word on the fixer...

Deadly E. Coli Resurfaces in France
Deadly E. Coli
Resurfaces in France
Jun 27, 2011 4:21 AM CDT

Deadly E. Coli Resurfaces in France

Researchers trace sprout seeds to British company

(Newser) - A deadly strain of E. coli that killed 46 people in Germany appears to have resurfaced in France just at a time when hordes of Americans are heading overseas for vacation. The bacteria has landed eight people in Bordeaux hospitals as health officials scramble to locate the source of the...

6 Bodies Found in French Alps
 6 Bodies Found in French Alps 
Jun 26, 2011 1:32 PM CDT

6 Bodies Found in French Alps

No details yet on how climbers died

(Newser) - A hiker discovered the bodies of six mountain climbers in France's Hautes-Alpes region today, the apparent victims of an accident yesterday. Mountain police based in Briancon said the bodies were discovered in a steep corridor at 8,858 feet, a day after the climbers left an overnight Alpine refuge....

Maid Looking for Other Strauss-Kahn Victims

She hires French lawyer to head up search

(Newser) - The hotel maid accusing Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault has hired a well-known lawyer in France to look for other women who may have fallen prey to the banker, the Telegraph reports. “I was hired to see if we can contact other victims,” Thibault de Montbrial says, explaining...

France Backs Obama's Afghan Drawdown, Plans Its Own

Sarkozy has 4,000 troops there

(Newser) - A mere 12 hours after President Obama spoke on his Afghanistan drawdown, France offered its support for the plan. It will also begin a pullout of its 4,000 troops next month, “in a proportional manner and in a timeframe similar to the pullback of the American reinforcements,”...

Early French Were Beer Lovers
 Early French Were Beer Lovers 
Jun 16, 2011 5:52 AM CDT

Early French Were Beer Lovers

2,500-year-old brewery unearthed

(Newser) - French people proud of their country's wine-making heritage may be surprised to learn that their nation holds one of the oldest beer-making sites ever found in Europe. The Celtic people who inhabited what is now the Provence region appear to have been just as fond of beer as they...

Cops Bust Contador... for No Bike Light

... Riding without a bike light

(Newser) - Even the pros can fall victim to a routine traffic stop: Tour de France champion Alberto Contador was pulled over by a French cop today for cycling down the Galibier pass in the Alps without lights. The officer told the three-time Tour champion that he needed to be visible on...

International Leaders Pledge $1B to Back Libyan Rebels

Gadhafi regime close to exit: officials

(Newser) - Countries that stepped into the Libyan conflict are promising $1 billion in support for the rebel cause. The pledge from nations including Italy, France, Turkey, and Australia is backed in large part by Libyan assets, notes the New York Times , but some legal considerations still stand between the money and...

Court to France: Save the Hamsters or Pay $24M

France not doing enough, faces fines if it doesn't improve

(Newser) - They may be just 10 inches long, but Alsace’s wild hamsters are Great all the same—and France isn’t doing enough to keep them around, the EU’s top court ruled yesterday. If the country doesn't make a better life for the creatures, it faces $24.6...

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